Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Weather watching Jan 2014 Snow, 0 by typwc

typwc wrote:
Totally deviating from the topic, sorry!

Here you go, Wind:
http://extension.psu.edu/dauphin/news/2012/tree-of-the-month...

Here is the blog post that ultimately sold me on the tree: http://behnkes.com/website/gardening-articles/shrubs-trees-a...

I can't say I would really recommend the tree. It may just be that I got a dud. Mine has a rust disease so it needs to be sprayed with fungicide. While the tree is small, it's not such a big deal. We will have to remove the tree when it becomes too large to spray. If not sprayed, the leaves get big orange spots on them and there are fewer fruits that have blemishes on them. The irritating thing is that this variety is supposedly resistant to cedar-apple rust. Like I said, maybe I just got a dud. I guess the birds and the bees don't mind if there's rust, but the tree doesn't put out as many flowers/berries if it's diseased.

I wanted something with 4 season interest, different from my neighbors, relatively small, urban tolerant, not messy. Tall order! Not many trees can do that. Here's 3 different seasons. I have a fourth picture from fall but the picture won't load.

But you just can't deny that it is still in the Rosaceae family, and subject to a lot of the same problems that affect apples and cherries.

Anyway, back to the topic. Snow again tomorrow night!?